/**
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Teoti Graphix, LLC See:
 *     http://tkarchitecture.teotigraphix.org
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
 * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
 * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
 * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
 * conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
 * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
 * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 * 
 * @author Michael Schmalle mschmalle@teotigraphix.com
 */
package org.teotigraphix.tka.interfaces
{

import org.teotigraphix.dx.interfaces.ISkinAware;

import spark.components.supportClasses.Skin;

/**
 * A component that is aware of a <code>spark.components.supportClasses.Skin</code> 
 * reference held and the skin's state.
 * 
 * <p>Since the <code>SkinnableComponent</code> uses the <code>Skin</code> concrete 
 * implementation, it was decided that the <code>IComponentSkin</code>
 * interface be held for future implementations. This way the framework does
 * not for an implementation or subclass of <code>ComponentSkin</code> on the 
 * developer.</p>
 * 
 * <p>The <code>coreSkin</code> does required the <code>IComponentSkin</code>
 * interface and <code>IComponentSkinCore</code> interface.</p>
 * 
 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> This may be changed in future releases.</p>
 * 
 * @copyright Teoti Graphix, LLC
 * @author Michael Schmalle
 * @date 08-24-09
 */
public interface ISparkSkinAware
	   extends ISkinAware
{
	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	//
	//  Properties
	//
	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
		
	//----------------------------------
	//  skin
	//----------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * The current reference to the Component's <code>skin</code> instance.
	 */
	function get skin():Skin;
}
}